Practice Reference Bit Strategy (17.4.1) - FIFO Page Replacement - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1 Easy

What does FIFO stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the order in which items are processed.

Question 2 Easy

Name one disadvantage of the FIFO page replacement strategy.

💡 Hint: Consider if old pages are still needed.

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Question 1

What does FIFO stand for?

First-In-First-Out
First-Input-First-Output
Fast-Input-Fast-Output

💡 Hint: Think about queue management.

Question 2

True or False: LRU page replacement considers past access patterns.

True
False

💡 Hint: It remembers the recent history of page accesses.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a system with 4 memory frames. Given the reference string 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, using FIFO, how many page faults occur?

💡 Hint: Visualize how pages would fill up and be replaced.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a string 1, 5, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5, 1 using an optimal page replacement strategy and 3 frames, how many page faults?

💡 Hint: Try to replace the page that will not be needed in the future.

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